Kejriwal says his fight is with Modi; Rai dismisses claims

Varanasi: As voting got underway in this high-profile Lok Sabha constituency, Aam Aadmi Party convener and candidate from Varanasi Arvind Kejriwal said that his direct fight was with Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress' Ajay Rai was nowhere in the contest.

Kejriwal also asked voters to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise, while similar appeal was made by BJP's prime ministerial candidate also through a tweet.

Meanwhile, questions were raised about presence of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in Varanasi, as all outsiders involved with poll campaign, excluding the candidates, are not allowed to remain within the constituency after campaigning stopped on evening of May 10.

There were also reports of some minor glitches with Electronic Voting Machines at some booths, while presence of laptops distributed by the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh at some polling stations in nearby constituency of Chandauli also came for attack from some quarters.

Voters at some booths also complained about their names not being present on the voter lists.

Polling began at 7 am here and would continue till 6 pm amid high security in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, which has close to 16 lakh voters.